The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

现在最危险的罪犯是完全无法无天的现代哲学家。与他相比,窃贼和重婚者本质上是道德高尚的人。

相关名言

A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages... in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy.

毫无疑问,哲学家甚至有权研究所有语言结构中的那些区别……在这种情况下,这种区别可以归结为一种庸俗的错误,这种错误应当在哲学上加以纠正。

Our science has become terrible, our research dangerous, our findings deadly. We physicists have to make peace with reality. Reality is not as strong as we are. We will ruin reality.

我们的科学变得可怕,我们的研究变得危险,我们的发现变得致命。我们物理学家必须与现实和平相处。现实没有我们强大。我们会毁了现实。

Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.

生活本质上是无聊的,同时也是危险的。地板随时都可能打开。当然,它几乎从不这样做;这就是它如此无聊的原因。

The expectations are that when this investigation is completed, Fitzgerald will make the appropriate decision, which is not to charge Karl with any criminal offenses.

人们的期望是,当调查完成后,菲茨杰拉德将做出适当的决定,即不对卡尔提出任何刑事指控。

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

愚蠢的一致性是小人物的妖怪,为小政治家、哲学家和神祗所崇拜。

Generally speaking, the public appetite for criminal justice policy is just tough talk.

一般来说,公众对刑事司法政策的兴趣只是嘴上说说而已。